The discovery is the latest in a long list of internet-enabled "things," or smart devices, that are not adequately secured to withstand modern attacks that take place constantly across the internet. Smart cars, CCTV cameras, DVRs, water kettles, and routers are just some of the devices that have been found to be woefully insecure. The problem has been magnified by botnets such as Mirai, which co-opted internet-exposed insecure cameras and DVRs to orchestrate last October's giant internet outage – the largest DDoS attack against the internet infrastructure in history.